[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18991-18992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7173]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0660; FRL-8299-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Product Registration 
Maintenance Fee, EPA ICR Number 1214.07, OMB Control Number 2070-0100

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection activity and its 
expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0660, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: OPP Regulatory 
Public Docket (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Hogue, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-9072; fax number: 703-305-5884; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On October 25, 2006 (71 FR 62432), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no

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comments on this ICR during the 60-day comment period. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0660, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory 
Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the Docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Pesticide Product Registration Maintenance Fee.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2007. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.
    Abstract: This information collection provides a practical means of 
communication between the registrants and Environmental Protection 
Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to collect registration 
maintenance fees from pesticide registrants as required by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Section 4(i)(5). 
Annually, the Agency provides registrants a list of the registered 
products currently registered with the Agency. Registrants are provided 
the opportunity to review the list, determine its accuracy, and remit 
payment of the maintenance fees. Each affected firm is required to 
complete the filing form and submit their fee payment by January 15 of 
each year. The failure to pay the required fee for a product will 
result in cancellation of that product's registration. Information 
submitted under this ICR is considered by OPP to contain no 
confidential business information (CBI). If, however, registrants 
submit data that contains CBI or relates to trade secrets or commercial 
or financial information, such information is protected from disclosure 
under section 10 of FIFRA.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.96 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: All pesticide registrants holding 
currently active registrations under FIFRA section 3 and Section 24(c) 
are subject to this information collection activity.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,720.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1645.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Cost: $125,800.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 118 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This is an adjustment in the estimated burden due 
to the steady decline of the number of pesticide registrants and, 
therefore, participation under this program.

    Dated: April 6, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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